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Old October 22nd, 2009, 07:46 AM   #83 (permalink)
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Default The Fix

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Originally Posted by Edaze55 View Post
It probably still sees itself as the default app. You should be able to clear that by going. Menu > Settings > Applications > Manage Applications > Messages > Clear Defaults. That should stop it from launching when you reboot.
Okay, one day after switching to Handcent (and removing locale) and my improvements were marked. Instead of complaining and 10% battery by noon I still had 23% left last night when I went to bed. I believe it was about 13 hours; also I ran Waze to and from work and loaded a lot of web pages. I'm fully convinced I've applied "The Fix".

That said, the "Messages" process still runs when I boot and I do not kill it. I did go into Manage Applications and clear Defaults as well as Data. Reboot. Then I opened a contact, selected Handcent as my default SMS app. Rebooted to be safe...

I do receive incoming SMS and everything is peachy. Here are the settings I have in my Handcent app:

SMS Receive Setting
Enable popup: True
Popup settings: Screen on for popup: True
Notifications: True
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